Guardamos el archivo editable después de la entrega.

Guardar is a very common verb in Spanish, and its exact translation depends on context. It can mean:

• to save a file
• to keep something
• to store something away

With archivo, especially in a digital or office context, guardar very naturally means to save. In Spain, guardar un archivo is the normal way to say to save a file.

Yes. Guardamos can mean either:

• we save / we keep — present tense
• we saved / we kept — preterite

This happens because for regular -ar verbs, the nosotros form is the same in the present and the preterite.

So without extra context, guardamos is grammatically ambiguous. Usually, the wider context tells you which meaning is intended.

For example:

• Siempre guardamos una copia. = We always save a copy.
• Ayer guardamos una copia. = Yesterday we saved a copy.

Spanish often leaves out subject pronouns because the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

• guardamos already tells you it means we

So Nosotros guardamos el archivo editable... is possible, but it is not necessary. You would usually add nosotros only for emphasis, contrast, or clarity.

For example:

• Nosotros guardamos el archivo, pero ellos lo borran.

In Spanish, descriptive adjectives usually come after the noun.

So:

• archivo editable = editable file

That is the normal word order. Putting the adjective before the noun is much less common and often sounds literary, emphatic, or changes the nuance.

Here, editable is simply describing the type or state of the file, so after the noun is the expected position.

Spanish uses definite articles more often than English does.

Here:

• el archivo editable refers to a specific editable file
• la entrega refers to a specific delivery, submission, or hand-in

Also, the articles must match the gender of the nouns:

• archivo is masculine → el archivo
• entrega is feminine → la entrega

So the articles are doing two jobs at once: showing definiteness and matching grammatical gender.

Because después normally needs de before a noun or an infinitive.

So you say:

• después de la entrega
• después de comer
• después de revisar el documento

You cannot normally say después la entrega.

A useful rule is:

• después de + noun
• después de + infinitive
• después de que + conjugated verb

For example:

• después de la entrega
• después de entregar el proyecto
• después de que entregamos el proyecto

Entrega can mean several related things, depending on context:

• delivery
• handing over
• submission
• handover

In a work, school, or design context, la entrega often means the submission or the handover of the final work.

So in this sentence, it probably refers to the moment when the file, project, or finished work was delivered to someone.

Yes, but only partly.

Editable ends in -e, so the singular form is the same for masculine and feminine:

• el archivo editable
• la versión editable

But in the plural, it changes to editables:

• los archivos editables
• las versiones editables

So:

• singular: editable
• plural: editables

Not always.

Archivo can mean:

• a computer file
• a file in an office or records sense
• an archive

But when you see archivo editable, the most natural interpretation is a digital file that can still be edited.

So the context strongly pushes it toward editable file rather than archive.

Yes. Spanish offers several natural alternatives, depending on style and context. For example:

• Guardamos el archivo editable tras la entrega.
• Guardamos el archivo editable después de entregar el proyecto.
• Hemos guardado el archivo editable después de la entrega.

The original sentence is perfectly natural, but these alternatives shift the style a little:

• tras is slightly more formal or compact than después de
• después de entregar... uses an infinitive phrase instead of the noun entrega
• hemos guardado gives a present perfect meaning in many contexts

No, but it is one of the most common and natural choices.

In Spain, for computer files, guardar is extremely common. You may also see or hear:

• salvar in some technical or software contexts
• almacenar more in the sense of store
• archivar more in the sense of file away or archive

But for everyday use, especially when talking about saving a document or file, guardar is usually the safest and most natural choice.